PT-2017-6795 · Project Jupyter+1 · Python+1

Vasyl Kaigorodov · Published 2015-08-08 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2015-4706

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IPython versions prior to 3.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving JSON error messages and the "api/contents" path.

Recommendations For IPython versions prior to 3.2, update to version 3.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "api/contents" path to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1666

CVE-2015-4706

GHSA-Q326-JHW3-699G

PYSEC-2017-45

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Python

References · 17

• https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c · Patch
• https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-45 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4707 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4706 · Security Note
• https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-1666 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4706 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q326-jhw3-699g · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/ipython/ipython · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-45.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q326-jhw3-699g · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2015-4706 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75328 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688 · Note